What is "aku"

Aku may refer to:

• Aku, Nigeria, a town in Enugu State
• "Aku" (poem), a 1943 poem by Chairil Anwar
• Aku people, a minority ethnic group of Gambia
• Aku dialect, a dialect of Sierra Leone Krio
• Aku (Samurai Jack)
• The Hawaiian word for skipjack tuna
• Hal Lewis (Aku), a former morning air personality at KGMB (now KSSK), an AM station in Honolulu, Hawaii
• Aku (given name), a Finnish version of the name Augustus

AKU may refer to:

• IATA code for Aksu Airport, China
• Aryabhatta Knowledge University, Bihar, India
• Adaptation kit upgrade, a mechanism for updating Windows Mobile
• Aga Khan University, Pakistan
• Al-Kafaàt University, Beirut, Lebanon
• Alkaptonuria, or black urine disease
• Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
• Algemene Kunstzijde Unie, a former Dutch company now called Akzo Nobel

"Aku" (meaning "Me") is a 1943 Indonesian-language poem by Chairil Anwar. It reflects his individualistic nature and vitality.

Aku is a given name, a Finnish version of the name Augustus. Notable people with the name include:

• Aku Hirviniemi, Finnish actor
• August "Aku" Kiuru, Finnish cross-country skier and Olympic medalist
• Aku Korhonen, Finnish actor
• Aku Louhimies, Finnish film director and screenwriter
• Aku Päiviö, Finnish Canadian journalist, poet and socialist